New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

.- THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
FoREIGN.--The news in London. - Mr.. Glad
stone hopes to regain command of the Unionist
Radicals. - The Plan of Campaign trial =
Massacre of French garrisons on the Tonquin from
tier by pirates. - Bulgarian delegates willing
to accept the Duke of Leuchtenberg as a ruler
Heavy snowstorm in England. - Danish Gov
eminent measures opposed. - Something that
savOrs of war.
DoMEsTIC-Twenty men lost by the wreck of
the ship Elizabeth off the Virginia coast -
Democratic plans In Indiana checked. -
The Adams Porter controversy over the
attack on the Union Pacific. -
strike of morocco workers expected IN Lynn,
Mass - Illness of ex-senator Thurman. -
The investigation of the anthracite coal pool in
Pennsylvania - Extreme cold weather III
New-YoIk State and Canada.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-James A. Richmond not
allowed to inspect the minutes of the Grand Jury.
- Lectures by w. Fl. Bishop and Professor
Bckmore. - Higher prices for coal on
account of the cOal-handtrs strike. -
More cases of smallpox in Brooklyn. - Meet
ing of Alumna of wOmen's colleges 60 Recep-
ton of the Democratic Business Mems Association,
- Opening of a tOboggan slide on Orange
Mountain. - Talk of ex-ExcIse Commissioner
Murphy's return. - Gold value of the legal
ounce-77. 81 cents. - Stocks dull with some
improvements in figures closing steady.
The Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Fair
and slightly warmer. Temperature yesterday
Highest. 1872; lowest. 13 average. 16'.
Jacob Sharp and Company will have TO wait
antil their trials are well advanced before they
learn of the strength of the District-Attoncy's
case against them. Recorder Smyth has de-
MED their motion for an order directing the
District-Attorney to show them the minutes
of the Grand Jury which indicted them. They
suggested no irregularity in the proceedings
md the Recorder evidently saw no reason for
favoring them above other indicted persons.
Let us hope that Mr.. MARITIME will not long
keep these anxious gentlemen Tor the publcl
in ignorance of what proof be has that they
bnbed the Aldermen of 1854. Try Sharp
next.
The chances of war in Europe have not
materially changed since a week ago. But the
talk among statesmen is all about war, not only
In Bulgaria, but in Germany and France.
According to our Paris letter, Clemenceau
declares the belief that Bismarck will attack
the Republic in the spring; BOulanger thinks
the Germans will march on Paris Though
Belgium, which, it is said, is now being forti-
fed to assist such an undertaking. The other
Great Powers which guarantee the neutrality
might object effectively to any such violation
of treaty rights. But the situation is sig
nifcant, and the significance is revealed not SO
much in the opinions as by the fact that the
discussion of possible invasion has reached
this point.
The election in Brooklyn next fall will be of
great importance, since an earnest effort will
be made by the Republicans to elect their can
didate for Mayor. To accomplish this there is
need of thorough party organization. Hence
the necessity of making careful selection Of
the presiding officer of the General Committee
at the meeting on Tuesday night. Much may
depend upon the man chosen for this response
BILE place. With the Republicans of Brooklyn
united and aroused, they should win in the
next election. But there must be no mistakes.
The Democratic majority to be overcome is a
large and stubborn one, and the hold of the
Boss" upon the city and county officers makes
him formidable foe. Still, the result Of
Doss " rule has been so lamentable that the
people who are not under ring" influence can
have no desire to see it perpetuated.
In English political circles the centre of
interest this week will be in the conference
which meets on Thursday to try and bring
about a union in the Liberal party. According
to our London correspondent, Mr.. Gladstone is
sanguine that much will come of it. 1t GER
talnly looks that way in view of what Mr..
Chamberlain said in his Birmingham speech,
the text of which has now arrived by mail. He
undoubtedly wants a compromise for the sake
of his own future, and in the face of the TACT
that nothing can be done in this Parliament at
least for Home Rule, both Gladstone and
Parnell may consent to a truce without harm to
the future success of their plans for Ireland.
At any rate 1t lie all for Gladstone, Parneil and
chamberlain to decide. Doubtless they were
tie three persons MIR. Chamberlain had in mind
when he exclaimed that "three men sitting
around a table" could settle upon proper
compromise of Liberal differences.
1t was stated in some of the newspapers
early in 1886, that two Englshmen had been
arrested in France as German spies and badly
treated before they were released. Little or
nothing more was heard Of the matter them
and it was commonly believed by those who
had been interested by the incident that sat
isfaction had been made later by the French
for the outrage. But nothing Of the kind has
happened The British Government, by rep
utatiOn so sensitive about an Englishman's
rights, seem to think that the bullying which
these two unlucky travellers endured was just
what they deserved. Of course, IL they are
satisfied, Americans have no need to worry
ever the affair. But the story of the outrage